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' H. T. FARMER. HEAD PROTECTOR;

N0. 290,017 Patented D610. 11, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HANNAH T. FARMER, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.

HEAD-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,017, dated December11, 1883.

Application filed March 1, 1881. (No model.)

, port, in the county of Newport and State of Rhode Island, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pads for Protecting theHead from Heat, of which the following is a specification.

I am aware that heretofore leaves, wet cloths, sponges, and pads havevbeen worn within the hat to protect the head from the rays of the sun.My invention, however, consists in animproved construction of a pad tobe worn within-the hat, possessing certain advantages over thoseheretofore in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of my improved pad, andFig. 2 shows a central section of a hat containing the pad in placeabove the head of the wearer.

The pad A is composed of sponge cut or tornv into small particles andinclosed in a case or bag, B, of netting, and stitched or quilted in amanner well understood and illustrated in the figures. When the spongeis wetted, it is prevented from unduly swelling or changing its shape byits quilted cover. It will therefore readily remain in place and conformto the shape of the head, and will at the same time hold in suspension asufficient quantity of water or other liquid with which it may bemoistened. As the cover is constructed of netting, the pad is verylight, and therefore not cumbersome to the head of the wearer. This hasbeen an objection to padsheretofore in use, as well as to the clothswhich have also been used. These would not absorb a sufficient quantityof waterto keep the head cool and moist, while ordinary sponges, iflarge enough to cover the top of the head, were too bulky, and, ifwetted enough to keep the head properly moist and cool, were too heavy.They were also, on account of their size and shape, liable to wet thehat and injure its shape. 1 Small sponges would also get out of placeand roll against the sides of the hat.

My pad, being constructed of fragmentary sponge inclosed in and firmlystitched to the netting-cover, requires a comparatively-small quantityof sponge, which, with the cover of netting, constitutes a light anddurable pad, obviating all the objections referred to.

If desired, the pad may be secured to the lining of the hat by a devicewhich permits it to be readily detached and removed when not needed. Ihave-shown, for this purpose, two short pieces of elastic tape, D D,which are provided with metallic hooks d d. Similar tapes, E E, providedwith corresponding eyes, 0 e, are sewed at two opposite points upon theperiphery of the pad. Byclasping the hooks and eyes in the usual mannerthe pad is effectually secured in place.

The pad may be used for horsesor other animals with advantage, the modeof attachment to the head-gear of the harness being obvious withoutdetailed explanation.

I do not broadly claim herein, as a means of protecting the head fromheat, a pad composed of absorbent material to be worn within the hat, asI am aware that such head-pro 7c tectors are old and well known.

I claim as my invention In a head-protecting pad, the combination of thefragmentary sponge and the nettingcov'er inclosing the same, the spongeand cover being stitched together or quilted, as set forth. In testimonywhereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 1st day of January, A.D. 1881.

HANNAH T. FARMER.

Witnesses:

DARIUS BAKER, Mosns G. FARMER.

